Running backwards,
Her fleetfooted messenger
Approaches his lady, Beauty
Bearing secrets.
Of a sudden,
Darkness falls upon them
And they shine together
Profound, mysterious
Before all the court.
And all the more so,
As the secrets in their silences
Yet hang between them,
Awaiting revelations
Born to usher in an Age.
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